cáo chung

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 告終.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˦ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːw˨˩˦ t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaːw˦˥ cʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

Verb

cáo chung

1. (formal or literary) to come to an end

   khi nền quân chủ Việt Nam cáo chung ― when the end came to Vietnamese monarchism